Jonah 2:3
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
נָהָר
nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
גַּל
gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
גַּל
gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
Key Terms in This Verse
גַּל gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Study H1530 →נָהָר nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
Study H5104 →הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →גַּל gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Study H1530 →סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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